Events of my life

I guess that's a pretty apt title because I'm just going to blab about what I've been doing lately. I have been sick for almost a week now, and it's just migrating from one body part to another. I started with what I though was laryngitis because I felt fine but couldn't talk. Then I thought I was getting better for two days, then it moved into my sinuses. Now it's settled into my throat, and I really hope it doesn't move anywhere else.

Other than that, I've been busy with school and Sunday School. We're starting a new program, and it's going to take a lot of co-operative effort to get it off the ground, which means a lot of meeting and getting together. Which is going to pay off because it'll be really fun and exciting for the kids, but I'm just run down from this cold right now.

Trent's doing pretty well. He went on a guy's quad trip on the weekend, in the cold and snow. He's blaming me because he's not feeling well, but I think that he totally brought it upon himself. :)

Oh! Something exciting . . . I learned how to drive a tractor. I climbed up in my Carhartt overalls and drove the tractor to help Trent bring the bales in off the field by our house. I'm a real farm girl now!

Anyhow, that's about all I have to say about that. I really need to stop procrastinating. TTFN!

Hypocrisy

Hey all!

I know that I promised some of you to write about my trip this summer, but I have lost the drive to do so. I knew that if I didn't do it right away, it wouldn't get done, and here we are. But I'm happy to be back in the blogging community, now that the first full week of school is finished.

I would like to take this time to talk about something that really bothers me and that I've noticed in myself. I remember when I was young, we would take personality tests quite regularly (everyone had a different version, so they made us do them all), and one of the personalities was a "follower". They would agree with whatever anyone was saying. I used to be that person, and still am to a point (If I feel strongly about a topic, then I'll stand up for it). I realized that if I had no opinion, I would just go with my companion's opinion. Then, five minutes later, I would talk with someone who had the opposite opinion and find myself taking that one. Needless to say, it was a confusing time.

Now, lately, I have found myself to be annoyed with hypocrisy that I see in people. A couple of weeks ago, I was convicted of my own hypocratic tendencies. I had a conversation with a friend, and we were talking about people seeking fullfillment from changing things in their lives, like moving away because they think things will automatically be better. I said, "If you're not happy where you are, you won't be happy if you move." (How many times have we had that siad to us?) Then a couple of hours later, I was thinking about how I wanted to go on a big trip because then I would be happier. How ridiculous! I was a follower in conversations when I was young, and now I'm so trained with opinions that I just spout them without any reflection about how what I'm saying applies to myself. And that's the worst situation to find yourself in because how do you grow?

I don't know if this made much sense, but there it is. I also have a problem with "Remove the plank in your own eye before removing the speck from your brothers" (loosely quoted from who knows where in the Bible). Not because I want to remove the speck from other's eyes (although I know I try to more often than I should), but because I wish people would help me with the plank in my own.

The End?